Its a terrible word perhaps - and sounds a bit too close to idiot-ating for comfort but still, there is nothing like it.

What if you take a dance lesson and the, while at the office and sorting paperwork you run through the steps, and actions of your lesson (any dance). Will that improve your dancing when you come to do it later?

Its a technique used by athletes - and sometimes you can see it such as with a downhill skier moving from side to side, and imagining the slope just before skiiing it.

I do this. I started it in dressage riding. You have to remember these long routines and the horse's time is needed for training in other aspects besides just riding the routine over and over. I worked technique with the horse and did the routines 20% of the time with him then 80% of the time by myself. I would also draw it out on a piece of paper. Here I walk, canter to there, then trot to this point etc. It really works and I use it in my dancing, expecially latin. My DP used to draw out our routines.

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Everyone tries to rush up through the syllabus levles and think once they are at the top they have arrived. What they don't realize is that by doing this it is like skimming through a book, you may get the gist but you will never understand the story.

I walk to get something out of the fridge and do spirals. When I walk at night I work on locks and rolling through my feet.

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Everyone tries to rush up through the syllabus levles and think once they are at the top they have arrived. What they don't realize is that by doing this it is like skimming through a book, you may get the gist but you will never understand the story.

Maybe I can try those when I 'm out with the dogs tonight. I'm sure that won't make the neighbours think I've lost it.

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Everyone tries to rush up through the syllabus levles and think once they are at the top they have arrived. What they don't realize is that by doing this it is like skimming through a book, you may get the gist but you will never understand the story.

I do this with nearly every step I take. I don't go full out physically, but I go full out mentally. That way when I hit the dance floor it feels like I'm test-driving everything I practiced. Since so much is done off the floor, every time I'm on the floor it's a new experience and hopefully, an improvement.